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We are on the road again. And now we drive our car to Gemlik… It is one of important town because of olive… They call this lovely and important town, like that “The Capital City of Olive” …. There is a sculpture for this in the enterance of the town.

Actually Gemlik  is a harbor town and district of Bursa Province.

Gemlik is also renowned with its olive and olive oils. Marmara Birlik, a cooperative of olive farmers and producers, has ranked as top one among the olive producers in the world.

But now, we are on the road from Güzelyalı to Gemlik… Of course the view is amazing. On one side of the road there is Marmara Sea (and Gemlik Bay) and the other side olive trees… Between blue and green my soul is dancing…

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We walk a little bit in Güzelyalı and then we drive our car to Gemlik.

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7) we are on the road again… Between olive trees and along the sea side…

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2) This is an advertisement… I liked how they expressed, “… if your house can walk, they would come us!”

3) Snowy hills and colours….

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We left the lovely town, Mudanya and we drive our car to another village at the sea side, Güzelyalı, -means Beautiful Waterside Residence. Why are we going to Güzelyalı? Because I want to visit the Authentic Hotel… It is from ship to hotel!

The ship “Turan Emeksiz” carried passengers on the Bosphorus for many years, from one side to other side… At the end, she has been converted into a floating hotel which is anchored in Güzelyalı marina.  She  is the only one of her type in my country. 

Turan Emeksiz…. How many times I sailed with her, from one side to other side… I don’t know. But should be so many times… This is so nostalgic too…

These are from their brouchure I took pictures and I made paintings on photoshop.

1) The Authentic Hotel

http://otantikotel.com/?lang=en

And these are that I took pictures when we visited Güzelyalı,

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1) Olive, olive oil,…

2) Balloons…. and chesnuts…

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1) Windows show the life of a house…

2) Windows usually give an image of the owner of  a house…

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